Anxiety can be understood as a tension in consequence of the interpretation of a real or imaginary danger situation, accompanied by unpleasant body feelings such as fear, empty feeling in stomach, increased blood pressure, increased heart and respiratory rate. It can be expressed by several factors such as the athlete’s level of experience, importance and difficulty of the event, etc. Thus, the anxiety may contribute beneficially in a harmful way. PURPOSE: Analyze the profile of anxiety-state in artistic gymnastic athletes preceding the competition. METHODS: The sample was composed by 35 female artistic gymnastics athletes, aged between 13 and 19 years old. The athletes who fulfilled the criteria for having participated in the survey were evaluated individually during the Open Games of the Interior, held in Bauru city, between 30 and 60 minutes preceding the competitions. The athletes participating answered the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 which aims to measure the pre-competitive anxiety-state. It is divided into: cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self-confidence. The test consists of 27 questions, in which the answers can vary in the following scales: 1 absolutely not and 4 very much. For interpretation of the data on the variables, cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self-confidence will be used the following classification: low (9-18 points), medium (19-27 points) and high (28-36 points). For the data analysis calculations of descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, minimum and maximum) were used. RESULTS: The results show that preceding the artistic gymnastics tests, the average value of cognitive anxiety (15,49±3,54) was rated as “low”. It was also observed that the somatic anxiety (16,17±4,24) and self-confidence (23,69±10,61) were classified as “low” and “average” respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The athletes evaluated in this study showed desirable values for cognitive and somatic anxiety components. This result is positive, because in sports that require coordination, concentration and balance, the high level, especially of somatic anxiety, becomes negative for the performance.